spiny dogfish
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spiny dogfish
noun spiny dogfish
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Squalus acanthias, one of the best known of the dogfish which are members of the family Squalidae in the order Squaliformes
Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.
Similar: spurdog, mud shark, piked dogfish
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noun Squalus acanthias
| Español | mielga, galludo, tollo de cacho |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 곱상어 gopsang'eo |
| Français | aiguillat commun, aiguillat tacheté |
| Deutsch | Dornhai |
| Italiano | spinarolo |
| Русский | колю́чая аку́ла koljúčaja akúla, катра́н katrán, ного́тница nogótnica |
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